There are times when I wish I could go back and change the course of my life. Make different choices...But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We c...
The wind whistles down into the skyscraper-bound canyons, across the broad expanses of the avenues and the narrow confines of the streets, where lives unfolded in secret, day in, day out: Sometimes a...
The vicar, whose name is Reverend Waite, leads us in prayers that all begin with 'O Lord' and end with our somehow not being worthy-sinners who have always been sinners and will forever more be sinner...
The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World. I'm sixteen now, so you can imagine that's left me with quite a few days of major suckage.
The King of Crows raked his fingers across the dark until it bled. He licked the blood from his fingers with a forked tongue. People will believe anything, you know. You only need them to be frightene...
Sí, era demasiado. Por dentro se sentía como si fuera demasiado continuamente.
Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am? What do you mean?I mean would you still care for me, no matter what you came to know?What a thing to ponder. I don't know...
Sam’s mother used to say that inside everyone was the chance to change the world. It sat like a seed eager to grow into greatness. The professor could have his ghosts. Ordinary people were capable of...
Sam. Don’t make me kill you on a full stomach. I might get a cramp.
Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.
Perhaps it is only the light. Perhaps it is the power of the realms at work through me. Or perhaps it is some combination of spirit and desire, love and hope, some alchemy that we each possess and can...
People can live with only so much honesty. And sometimes, people can surprise you.
People always think they know other people, but they don’t. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won’t eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don’t...
No person has ever held all the power. There must be a balance between chaos and order, dark and light. With the Temple magic bound to you, the realms are no longer in balance. The power could change...
No historians or librar ians were harmed in the making of this book, but some were badgered extensively with questions.
Nicole hated that she could never quite feel like she was just herself, just Nicole, but that she was somehow representing an entire race. That’s how they saw her, as a they and not a she.
Nearby, Lady Liberty hoists her torch in the harbor, a beacon to all who come to these shores to escape persecution or famine or hopelessness. For this is the land of dreams. The
My musical cutlery skills have landed me in the top concert halls of Europe. The Queen yelling out, ‘Spoon solo!’ Duff played a mock spoon solo against his thigh, then made crowd sounds. Of course, th...
My head kinda hurts, Miss New Mexico said. Several of the girls gasped. Half of an airline serving tray was lodged in her forehead, forming a small blue canopy over her eyes.
My head kinda hurts, Miss New Mexico said. Several of the girls gasped. Half of an airline serving tray was lodged in her forehead, forming a small blue canopy over her eyes. What is it? Miss New Mexi...